About this book

Language: German

On emergency, suffering, and the art of survival: When, 200 years ago in Indonesia, the volcano Tambora erupted, a terrible "year without a summer" followed in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. And which German native does not remember the Christmas holidays of 1999, as Hurricane Lothar swept across southern Germany and leveled huge forest areas in the Black Forest? Today, such natural disasters are evidence of global climate change – earlier they were considered sure signs of impending doomsday or even evil sorcery.

From prehistoric times until today Thomas Adam tells the story of the natural disasters in Baden-Württemberg. He tells of the fear and the suffering of the people, but also of their courage and strength, to rise anews, to reconstruct what has been destroyed, and to learn how to better brace oneself against future threats. A knowledgeable, lively and authentic historical account of an astonishing timeliness.